JULIE HOLT, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, "explorer of the roads less travelled"

  • Windjana Gorge - Water streaked walls of the Windjana Gorge reach heights of up to 100 metres.
  • croc sliding to camera
  • Simpsons Gap - Simpson's Gap is part of the West MacDonnell Ranges and is the closest gap or gorge to Alice Springs along the Namatjira Drive.
  • Kakadu - Yellow Water - Darter drying wings on the bank
  • NT191 - Rainbow Valley - Rainbow Valley from the viewing platform (short boardwalk to small platform), perfectly situated at the right angle to take in...
  • Palm Valley - Cycad Walk in the afternoon shadows.
  • Cobbold Gorge - Deeper end of the gorge.
  • Emus - Emus walking along side of the Kennedy Development Road on way to Porcupine Gorge
  • croc sliding off bank
  • Breakaways - The Two Dogs, or The Castle, at The Breakaways north of Coober Pedy.
  • Archer River - Lone bull at the Archer River covered in red dust.
  • Walls of China - Late afternoon catches the golden glow prior to the sunset over The Walls of China in Mungo National Park
  • Barron Falls - Eye-catching rock in the centre of Barron Falls.
  • Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park - View from Razorback lookout overlooks Bunyeroo Valley
  • Hamersley Ranges - Outcrop along the road
  • Fruit Bat Falls - Fruit Bat Falls. A beautiful oasis on the Eliot Creek accessed from the Old Telegraph Track on the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula....
  • Cobbold Gorge - Some of the colours picked up by the sun along the walls of the gorge.
  • Uluru - sunset - Viewing this phenomena is a spiritual experience. The rock appears to glow from within as the sandstone reflects the sun's rays for a...
  • Karumba - Sunset viewed from the lawns of the tavern at Karumba, overlooking the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • Uluru - eagle protecting food - Wedge-tailed eagle waiting to return to road-kill along the Lasseter Highway to Uluru.
  • Seventeen Seventy or 1770 - Mangroves on the beach at 1770.
  • Kalarranga Lookout - View of the amphitheatre from the top of Kalarranga Lookout. Kalarranga Lookout is situated in the Finke Gorge National Park close...
  • Kakadu - Yellow Water - Darter on log drying its wings after fishing
  • Mount Buffalo - Mount Buffalo - viewing platform over the Victorian Alps from the top of Mount Buffalo
  • Stokes Bay - Stokes Bay rocks in ocean
  • Cable Beach Broome - Camels waiting for their riders at Cable Beach. Older photo.
  • Hanging Rock - The renowned Hanging Rock
  • Birdsville Pub - Renowned Birdsville Hotel a week after the Birdsville Race meeting was cancelled for the first time due to flooding since 1882. The population...
  • Roebuck Bay - Palm trees at Roebuck Bay
  • Bonney Well - South of Katherine, the well was excavated by Alfred Giles In 1879 to water his sheep en route to Katherine as Bonney Creek was dry. In...
  • Twin Falls - Due to crocodiles now inhabiting the area the access is by floating steel pathway (complete with very useful shower along the way). Can be...
  • Halligan Bay Track - Dry country along the Halligan Bay track.
  • Calvert River - Crossing the Calvert River
  • NT185 - Rainbow Valley - South end Rainbow Valley at sunset
  • Deon's Lookout - Deon's Lookout is on the Diamantina Development Road between Windorah and Birdsville.
  • Birdsville - Access to the Simpson Desert via Birdsville.
  • Uluru - sunrise from the base walk - The last stages of the sunrise over Uluru from the walking track which follows the perimeter of Uluru.
  • Savannah Highways - People will fill containers with water for the birds along the highways where there is a tap in off road lay-bys.
  • Budgerigars over Barkly Homestead - Early morning stroll finds swarms of budgerigars over the remnant of a waterhole.
  • Monkey Mia, Shark Bay - Famous wild dolphins who come in to shore at Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia remains one of the only places in the world where the dolphins...
  • Mission Beach - Children building sandcastles in the shallows
  • Refuge Cove - Refuge Cove
  • Barkly Homestead camping ground - Pet Bull I was led to believe, when I commented to the staff that there was a very large bull wandering through the camping...
  • NT194 - Rainbow Valley - Brilliant glow of the low sun on to the water streaked sandstone at sunset.
  • Francois Peron National Park - Red cliffs
  • Undara - Taken from inside the lava tube
  • Cobbold Gorge - Colours of the walls in the sun.
  • Stanley Chasm
  • Karumba - Seagulls on the rocks at dusk at Karumba.
  • Kalarranga Lookout - Kalarranga Lookout. Located on the way into Palm Valley. Great vistas of the surrounding countryside unfold from the summit.
  • Birdsville - Looking across the flooded landscape towards the Simpson Desert. With Lake Eyre in flood and Birdsville being part of the Lake Eyre Drainage...
  • View from Deon's Lookout - View of the Diamantina Development Road to Birdsville from Deon's Lookout.
  • Penneshaw - Seascape from Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island.
  • Savannah Highways - Goanna or Water Monitor at the edge of the road.
  • Lawn Hill - Lawn Hill Gorge from Indarri Lookout
  • Wharf at dusk - Wharf at Monkey Mia at dusk
  • Garden of Eden, Kings Canyon - View to Garden of Eden at the base of the canyon from rim.
  • Kings Canyon - North wall of Kings Canyon from Rim
  • Twin Falls Gorge - Access to Twin Falls by barge along the deep creek. They leave a walkie-talkie on a rock for you to contact them for a pick-up.
  • Echidna Chasm - Echidna Chasm, the sunlight seeping through the chasm at midday. The small figure at the base of the photo gives an idea of size of the...
  • Pelicans and boats - Pelicans on the water at Monkey Mia at sunset.
  • Mini Palms Gorge - Walking track into Mini Palms Gorge at the Bungle Bungles, or more appropriately, the Purnululu National Park, which is a world heritage...
  • Geiki Gorge - Long view of Geiki Gorge
  • Thursday Island - There is no airport on Thursday Island. There is a commuter ferry which travels between Horn Island and Thursday Island.
  • Road to The Painted Desert from Cadney Homestead - The road into The Painted Desert stretches from Cadney Park on the Stuart Highway to the Oodnadatta...
  • Fish and seagulls - Taken from the glass bottom boat, when they feed the fish a small amount of food.
  • Sunset over Walls of China - Sunset over the horizon..
  • Ubirr - sunset at Ubirr behind outcrop
  • Golf Course at William Creek - Golf Course at William Creek (could be a challenge).
  • Hamersley Gorge - Hamersley Gorge, Brilliant colours of the minerals in the rocks and the pool.
  • Halligan Bay Track - View of the road from the air, travelling from William Creek to Lake Eyre via the Halligan Bay Track.
  • The Breakaways - Flat topped mesas of The Breakaways
  • Mereenie Loop Road - Favourite road sign around a bend of The Mereenie Loop Road which is now part of Red Centre Way en route to Kings Canyon.
  • Mereenie Loop Road - Second favourite road sign following a bend along the Mereenie Loop Road.
  • William Creek - William Creek lies mid way along the Oodnadatta Track, and the 100 year old hotel, which was originally a siding for the Ghan Railway,...
  • Anna Creek Station - Cattle watering trough over Anna Creek Station along the Halligan Bay Track .
  • Birdsville - Dunes on the edge of the Simspon Desert
  • Wave Rock - The wave is about 14 m (46 ft) high and around 110 m (360 ft) long.
  • Lawn Hill - Lawn Hill National Park view from cliff top walk.
  • Karumba - Brilliant Sunset at Karumba - a backdrop to a motorbike and tripod (not belonging to me) - my tripod was safely stored in the back of the Landcruiser....
  • Calvert River - Checking the Calvert River for submerged rocks.
  • Orchard Planting near Kyalite - Geometrical patterns of tree planting. Photo taken from the road near Kyalite.
  • Saltwater Crossing - Saltwater Crossing. The site of two camping grounds, one each side of the causeway in Lakefield National Park.
  • Porcupine Gorge - Porcupine Gorge Mid to Long view
  • Arankaia Walk - Photographed along the Arankaia Walk overlooking the Cycad Gorge from the rim.
  • The Ord River - Order Power Station at Ord River
  • Wongaling Beach - Man and friend enjoying Wongaling Beach, which is popular for walking, jogging, dog walking, enjoying.
  • Top of Fruit Bat Falls - Eliot Creek just before the Fruit Bat Falls
  • Ubirr - Ubirr Outcrop
  • Ubirr - sunset at Ubirr behind trees
  • Karumba - Sitting on the rocks at Karumba watching the sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Admiral's Arch - The Admiral’s Arch within the Flinders Chase National Park is a remnant of an ancient cave broken down by ocean waves, and is home to...
  • Kings Canyon - Looking into the head of the canyon from the ridge on the return side.
  • Mount Buffalo - Mount Buffalo - View from Bents Lookout near the Chalet
  • Jardine River Crossing - Barge which is the only access to the north side of the Jardine River and The Tip of Australia.
  • Savannah Way, far north - Trees full of Corellas along the far north Savannah Way.
  • Barron Falls - Barron Falls in full flow in the wet season. The volume of water can reduce considerably over the dry season.
  • Hanging Rock - The renowned Hanging Rock
  • Mission Beach - Moods of the Tropics
  • Tunnel Creek - Tunnel Creek is the site where Jandamarra, the aboriginal tracker who murdered his policeman partner to gain favour with his tribe took...
  • Redbank Gorge - Located at the foot of Mount Sonder, this dramatic gorge has a semi-permanent waterhole, reached via a one kilometre track along a creek...
  • Parrot fish in coral - Taken from the glass bottom boat.
  • Betka Beach - Walking along Betka (ocean) Beach, pristine sand and wild rocks.
  • Devils Marbles - The self-guided walking trek around the Devil's Marbles Reserve south of Tennant Creek. Low light, late in the day.
  • Wave Rock - Little dog, Annie, looking hesitatingly over the wall to the ground from the top of Wave Rock. Cherished companion over thousands of kilometres,...
  • Palm Valley - Cycad walk through centre of the gorge.
  • Seventeen Seventy or 1770 - View to cove from Wave Lookout
  • Barrow Creek landscape - Red mesas of the Forster and Watt Ranges at Barrow Creek
  • Green Island - Green Island beach
  • Uluru red sands of the desert
  • Kakadu - Yellow Water - Brolgas sharing the bank with Magpie Geese at Yellow Water
  • Top of Fruit Bat FAlls - Eliot Creek. Sandy hole in the sandstone near Fruit Bat Falls.
  • Devils Marbles - Bright sunshine and dry weather in the same day
  • Karumba - Karumba at dusk
  • Umpherston Sinkhole - The Umpherston Sinkhole at Mount Gambier was once a cave formed through dissolution of the limestone. The sinkhole was created when...
  • The Remarkables - Within the Flinders Chase National Park, these granite boulders, many covered with orange lichen, have been shaped by the elements for...
  • Kings Canyon - Bridge traversing the Kings Canyon.
  • Cape York Peninsula - The Tip - - Eborac Island, viewed from The Tip across the strait.
  • Windjana Gorge - View through the centre of the Gorge
  • Lake Argyle - Lake Argyle
  • Birdsville - Red sand dunes glow in the early morning light near Birdsville.
  • Windjana Gorge - Windjana Gorge National Park is part of a 375 million-year-old Devonian reef system carved out by the Lennard River. It is one of the...
  • Wenlock River - A dusty river caught in the right light at the right time. Crocodile country.
  • Birdsville - Pelicans and Cormorants on the Diamantina River at Birdsville.
  • Green Island from jetty - This is the view to the right hand side of the jetty.
  • Magpie-lark at Barkly Homestead - Lone magpie-lark drinking in the remnants of a waterhole.
  • Uluru - from the road - Uluru viewed from the road which travels around the rock, passing the Visitors' Centre.
  • NT187 - Rainbow Valley - Rainbow Valley at sunset taken from the viewing platform
  • Cape York Peninsula - Seisia - The Sand bar. View to the jetty from Seisia Beach.
  • View to Cuttlefish Bay - View to Cuttlefish Bay from the rear of Dudley Winery, 12 kilometres from Penneshaw.
  • Eliot Falls - Eliot Falls. Amazing colours of the sandstone base of the river being highlighted by the sun and water.
  • Barron Falls - Rainbow over Barron Falls
  • Breeza Lagoon - Breeza Lagoon is in Lakefield National Park. Remnants of the original Breeza Homestead are nearby.
  • The Breakaways - One of the flat topped mesas of The Breakaways north of Coober Pedy.
  • Cape York Peninsula - The Tip - Somerset is the site of the first permanent white settlement on Cape York Peninsula, established by John Jardine in 1863.
  • Saltwater Crossing - Saltwater Crossing. The site of two camping grounds in Lakefield National Park, one on the east side of the causeway and one on the...
  • Cape York Peninsula - The Tip - Second view of Frangipani Beach from the climb to The Tip.
  • Kakadu - Yellow Water - Yellow Water is the floodplain of the South Alligator River in Kakadu National Park.
  • Eungella Dam - Eungella Dam lies inland from Agnes Water and is one of Queensland's more established freshwater fisheries. It was constructed in 1969...
  • Garden of Eden, Kings Canyon - Garden of Eden Pool at Kings Canyon
  • Palm Valley - Cycad Walk at Palm Valley
  • Lawn Hill - Canoe on the gorge at Lawn Hill
  • Palm Valley - Cycad Walk at Palm Valley - pool reflections
  • Porcupine Gorge - Silent bedfellows at Porcupine Gorge.

Images of Outback Australia showcases photographs of lesser visited destinations across Outback Australia. Most of these photos were taken between 2009 and 2018, many in remote areas as well as in areas which are quite accessible. However, there are some older images of lesser quality included for their interest.

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